I have a great group of students who love to learn. They are your average 5th grade students. They love to read and do projects. They talk a lot because they have so much to share. They love being creative and sharing their work and their interests with each other.
I am lucky that my students are so hardworking and want to do their best on everything.
They push themselves and each other to work harder and be their best. I enjoy being with them every day and watching them grow and mature academically as well as socially.
My Project
Patricia Polacco is an amazing children's book writer and illustrator. There are so many wonderful stories that she has written that it is hard to pick the best one. Her stories often are historical fiction with a special, family twist. She has done a great job including research and interesting cultural information in her stories.
I would like to do an author study with Patricia Polacco books to introduce my students to some of the books she has written.
These books are perfect for teaching many 5th grade standards such as theme and author's purpose as well as basic standards of plot, setting, and character traits.
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